# value bytes of error codes

Don Schwarz (darkowl@darkowl.pr.mcs.net)
Thu, 28 Mar 1996 21:14:41 PST

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    On Thu, 28 Mar 1996 slayer@kaiwan.com wrote:

    > I was just wondering why something like value_bytes(E_PERM) returns 0. Do
    > error values take up any space in the database? If so, how much?
    >
    My guess would be because the compiler takes care of allocating the memory
    for errors, integers, etc. as opposed to lists and strings which the MOO
    allocates and frees itself.  So yes, integers and errors do take up space.
    On disk, they just take up the amount of space it takes to print
    them (1 character for '5', 6 characters for '123456', etc) but in memory, I
    believe all integers take up 32 bits, and errors take 8, but I'm just
    guessing, I haven't actually checked the code.
                                                                   --Dark_Owl